I grew up in an over crowded council home on an estate which the local paper described as a slum.We need innovative solutions so yes this could be an option for some people. Its better than sleeping on a friends couch.

We need an adult cross party discussion on social housing and I say this as a right wing Tory. Topics I would like to see addressed are:

1) Ban foreign investment unless it is social housing. The UK has become the money laundering centre of the world and too many criminals and businessmen are inflating house prices in the UK. I believe that other European countries are far more restrictive.2) Restrict through taxation "buy to let", unless you are a social landlord. Again this has inflated house prices.3) Encourage banks and pension funds through tax breaks to become social landlords. I believe in Austria the majority of housing is owned by the banks. They let them on long term leases which provides them a guaranteed income stream and security for the residents.4) Allow councils more flexibility to build more housing by letting them borrow. 5) Provide greater security for private tenants regarding rents and lease. Landlords could be encouraged, through tax breaks, to give long term leases with built in rent rises e.g. year 1 rent is £2000pa year 2 it will be £2100 year 3 etc.

Yep, this is definatly the future we want to give to the next generation. Normalising housing like that can only benefit young people trying to make a living in cities.And of course wait until those places have been up for a few years, they are barely livable brand new, they will be borderline slums in 15 years. Especially when the ropey landlords start buying them up...If we allow this then the phrase 'kids have got it easy nowadays' should be made illegal by 2020...

Too many people arriving in Britain equals less housing space for everyone and higher rents. It's fairly obvious.

Awaits some dim wit Lefty to tell me it's all the Tories fault for building too few houses. Funny, because houses are being built all over where I live sadly. More traffic, more noise, more pollution, more pressure on the health service, less countryside...

Yep, this is definatly the future we want to give to the next generation. Normalising housing like that can only benefit young people trying to make a living in cities.And of course wait until those places have been up for a few years, they are barely livable brand new, they will be borderline slums in 15 years. Especially when the ropey landlords start buying them up...If we allow this then the phrase 'kids have got it easy nowadays' should be made illegal by 2020...

These will indeed be the dystopian slums of the future if we're not careful. Demand drives price, and whilst initially cheap, these will only ever be slightly cheaper than the absurdly high rental prices for property in London.

Its no different than all those tiny one bedroom box houses they built in the 90s that were cheap housing, and then simply became to expensive for most people to buy, because the prices of housing was ridiculous.

The solution really lies in controlling the housing market, and property availability and affordability - not in producing just more product into the market.

Government cannot keep avoiding making that tough decision, just on the basis of protecting their popularity - the experiment in 'home ownership' has become a total f**king disaster.

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Too many people arriving in Britain equals less housing space for everyone and higher rents. It's fairly obvious.

Awaits some dim with Lefty to tell me it's all the Tories fault for buildng too few houses. Funny, because houses are being built all over where I live sadly. More traffic, more noise, more pollution, more pressure on the health service, less countryside...

I'd pretty much agree with that. The entire rental market is largely propped up on the basis of migrant workers in the UK. The answer isn't building s**tier and s**tier places to live.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"[Link]